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HENRY M. SHEER, OF QUINOY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN C. DUSSAIR., OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,084, dated March 28, 1899. Application filed .Tune 27, 1898. Serial No. 684,568. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, HENRY M. SHEER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Haine-Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itaplo pertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

My invention relates to a rope-fastener for i5 haines; and my object is to produce a more simple, cheap, durable, and easily-operated device than any hitherto invented.

To this end my invention consists of a peculiarl y arranged and constructed cleat zo around which a tie-rope is adapted to be wound, together with certain other features, which will be more fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a view in perspective of the lowerportion of a horse-collar and the haines, showing my improved fastener applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view through the cleat and its attached hook, the cord h 3o being shown detached. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the hook l?.

The reference -letters a and l) represent two hooks adapted to engage links c on the 5 5 lower ends of the haines CZ, which embrace the collar e. The hook Z9 on the right-hand side consists of an integral piece of cast metal, provided with a rope-receiving hole f, passing through its shank f in a direction at right 4o angles to the throat of the hook. The lefthand wall f of the hook is arc-shaped and grooved' to receive the cable or rope h, and the shank f tapers as it extends away from the hook portion in order to lie more closely against the collar. The shank g of the opposite hook a is provided with a dovetail socket g', adapted to receive and hold the looped end It of the tie-rope h. The free end of the rope is also provided with a knot 7L. On the front 5o face of the shank g is riveted a cleat 7e, consistin g of a thin concavo-convex casting substantially circular in general outline. From four equidistant points of the edge of the cleat project two guide-lugs 7c and 7.1; and also two hooks Z and Z. The guide-lug 7c is curved 55 upward in the arc of the curvature of the cleat and is longer than the lug 7a', which overhangs the inwardly-extending end ofthe hook a.

The hooks Z and Z' project far enough inward 6o to engage and hold the rope when wrapped around the cleat 7t,and their outer portions are provided with divergent guides Z".

In operating the foregoing mechanism the hook a, to which is secured the cleat Zt, is entered into one of the links c, with its back against the collar. The hook is then caused to clasp the ring or link to acertain extent by clenching or otherwise in order to prevent its possible unhooking. I-Iookbis then placed 7o in the link c of the other hame in a position corresponding to that of hook a; but there is this difference-to wit., hook b is not clenched, but left open. The fastening is now effected by drawing the cord as tightly as possible and wrapping it around the inside of the cleat, first over lug Zr", thence over lug Zt', following which it is drawn over hooks Z and Z' in the order named, the cord thus assuming the position indicated in Fig. l, with the end or 8o knot h" depending in convenient position to be manipulated. To unfasten it, the cord may be pulled upward against the inclined surface Z" of the hook Z', causing that part of the cord which is caught beneath the hook Z to be forced out from under it, when the cord is unwound in the reverse direction from that in which it is first secured and the haines are loosened. It will be seen that the dished cleat and the projecting guide-lugs around its edges 9o serve to greatly facilitate the quick wrapping of the rope about the cleat in the operation of fastening or tightening the llames.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a llame-fastener, the combination with a pair of hooks, and a iiexible connection passed from one hook to the other, of a cleat secured to one hook, said cleat having radial 10o projections or arms part of which terminate i-n downwardly or outwardly projecting lugs and the remainder in upwardly or inwardly projecting hooks/olie ou ber edges of said hooks y having inclines which lead to their extreme edges to facilitate the unhooking of the flexible connection from the cleat.

2. The combination with a hook having a split; tapering socket in its shank, said socket being struck up from the metal in lLhe shank, and :L iexiblc connect-ion, one end of which ro is held in this socket, of :i cleat secured to 

